Funding Insight updates

This insight outlines a range of funding opportunities open to the public sector, businesses, community groups etc.  Regular funding opportunities are also available via the websites below:

Arts Council Funding Finder
National Lottery Grant for Heritage
Big Lottery Fund

Blackburn with Darwen Open4Community

Community groups can now access potential grant funding opportunities through the free Blackburn with Darwen Open4Community online search tool.

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For all Blackburn with Darwen Council funding bids

Please check whether match funding is required, if it is please contact and inform your Finance colleague.

Funding Insight Newsletter 24.06.19

Published on Thursday 27 June 2019 at 3:12 pm

This week’s funding insight features: funding to support unpaid carers, funding to support the use of digital technology within Adult Social Care service provision, funds to help reduce the amounts of plastic and textile waste , fund to help improve the cultural impact of arts events and grants to help the homeless.

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Funding Insight Newsletter 19.06.19

Published on Friday 21 June 2019 at 12:13 pm

This week’s funding insight features: funding to help charities build homes for vulnerable people and families, funding opportunities to improve heritage and environmental facilities, funds to provide move-on accommodation for rough sleepers and victims of domestic abuse, grants to support children’s health and education and grants to improve playing fields and sports facilities.

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Funding Insight Newsletter 12.06.19

Published on Thursday 13 June 2019 at 12:35 pm

This week’s funding insight features: funding to improve and fund veterans’ community centres, funds to help build resilient local economies, Funding for rural community and education projects, grants for games developers, funding to make community spaces more sustainable and support for environmental outreach education for disadvantaged young people.

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Funding insight update 05.06.19

Published on Tuesday 4 June 2019 at 11:02 am

This week’s funding insight features: Funding improve the availability of broadband in rural areas, grants for young people’s group promoting inter – faith activities, funds to help and support disadvantaged and neglected children, funding to support arts projects, grants to help create safer and better roads, fund to help local authorities install affordable heating systems in the home of disadvantaged households and travel grants to support international school visits.

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Funding insight update 30.05.19

Published on Tuesday 28 May 2019 at 11:31 am

This week’s funding insight features: Funding to regenerate historic high streets, Urban Tree Challenge Fund, funding for music making projects for young people in challenging circumstances, Wellcome Foundation’s Public Engagement Fund, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund, funding for community centres and village halls, funding to support youth organisations, funding available for projects that improve parental engagement in maths for secondary students, funding to support leisure activities for people with physical disabilities, funding to support disadvantaged young people and offenders and the Foyle Foundation Schools Library Programme.

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Funding insight update 22.05.19

Published on Monday 20 May 2019 at 5:56 pm

This week’s funding insight features: Funding to support young people’s TV programming, Smart Energy Systems, funding to improve access to health services for rough sleepers, funding available to prevent food waste, funding to help communities deliver discounted homes, funding to make community spaces more sustainable, grants to support children’s health and education, project development funding for Churches, funding for international school exchanges and the Near Neighbours small grants fund.

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Funding insight update 15.05.19

Published on Thursday 16 May 2019 at 1:18 pm

This week’s funding insight features: Funding available to support armed forces families, grants available to Credit Unions, Local Housing Project Grant Scheme, funding to support vulnerable young migrants, War Memorials Grant Scheme, funding for Secondary School and Sixth Form Colleges Capital Projects and funding for Special Schools and Colleges, funding for projects that engage the public with dementia, funding for projects that work with disabled children and their families, grants to support Animal Welfare Charities, Grants to enhance the teaching of Mathematics and Greek, Music grants for older people and free trees for community groups and schools.

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Funding insight update 09.05.19

Published on Thursday 9 May 2019 at 2:01 pm

This week’s funding insight features: A note from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust about increasing their grant spending, strengthening mental health support for children and young people, grants for road safety projects, Paul Hamlyn Foundation ‘More and Better’ Grants, building resilient local economies, funding to develop the sustainability of organisations supporting the rehabilitation of offenders and ex-offenders, places of worship security fund, funding to help regenerate historic buildings, funding to encourage collaboration between community organisations and funding to help young people develop their potential.

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Funding insight update 30.04.19

Published on Tuesday 30 April 2019 at 10:09 am

This week’s funding insight features: The Health Foundation’s Insight Research programme, grants for sport and mental health projects, funding to help community businesses become sustainable, funding for LGBT+ voluntary and community groups, ChurchCare - grants for fabric repairs, funding for capital projects in Secondary Schools and Sixth Form Colleges, Arts Council England Elevate Programme, funding for music making activities and grants for the conservation of wildlife and the environment.

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Funding insight update 25.04.19

Published on Thursday 25 April 2019 at 1:55 pm

This week’s funding insight features: Capital grants for arts and cultural organisations, funding for community sports facilities, funding for community sports facilities, funding to make community spaces more sustainable, funding to support education in disadvantaged areas, equipment grants for disabled and disadvantaged young people, funding to develop an effective web presence, funding available to tackle problems within families and support for homeless charities and hospices.

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Funding insight update 17.04.19

Published on Wednesday 17 April 2019 at 9:26 am

This week’s funding newsletter features: Funding to develop the use of data from clinical audits to improve health care, fund to support Young Peoples TV Programming, funding for Business and Academic Partnerships, funding for Urban Parks and Green Spaces, grants to improve Village Halls, funding for projects that improve life chances of disadvantage children, funding for innovative projects that engage the public with Dementia and Women Make Music Grants programme.

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Funding insight update 26.03.19

Published on Tuesday 26 March 2019 at 1:43 pm

This week’s funding insight features: Homes in Community Hands, grants to use the power of science to make a positive difference to disadvantaged young people, teaching physics scholarships, funding for international school exchanges, funding for music creators, grants to cover running costs for small charities and funding for Digital Learning.

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Funding Insight update 20.03.19

Published on Wednesday 20 March 2019 at 2:16 pm

This week’s funding insight features: Homes in Community Hands, grants to use the power of science to make a positive difference to disadvantaged young people, teaching physics scholarships, funding for international school exchanges, funding for music creators, grants to cover running costs for small charities and funding for Digital Learning.

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Funding Insight update 12.03.19

Published on Tuesday 12 March 2019 at 8:53 am

Featuring: Funding to reduce poverty in the developing world, Grant programme to support rural communities, Let Teachers SHINE competition, Funding to tackle problems within families, Field Studies Bursary Fund, Equipment grants for youth clubs, Challenge fund for Healthcare technologies and Funding for digital learning.

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Funding Insight update 06.03.19

Published on Tuesday 5 March 2019 at 2:45 pm

Featuring: New funding for urban parks and green spaces, funding for projects that address the development needs of young children; Homes in Community Hands; grants for local community projects and funding for breakfast clubs.

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Funding Insight update 20.02.19

Published on Wednesday 20 February 2019 at 10:40 am

Featuring: Involving people in health research and innovation, European democracy action grants, Funding to help disabled candidates stand for elected office, Research small grants programme for hospices.

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Funding Insight update 13.02.19

Published on Wednesday 13 February 2019 at 9:16 am

Featuring: Smart sustainable plastic packaging challenge, New funding for innovative projects to beat plastic pollution, Grants to protect biodiversity and ecosystems

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